(27194) Jonathanli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jonathan F. Li (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his bioinformatics and genomics project. He attends the Saint Margaret's Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jonathanli is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonathanli is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27194
Provisional designation1999 CF60
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.66
Orbital period4.18 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.138
Inclination1.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jonathan

Also discovered on 12 February 1999

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